Unsafe: removing the monitorEnter/monitorExit/tryMonitorEnter methods

[Paul Sandoz]

On Mar 12, 2014, at 10:23 PM, John Rose <john.r.rose at oracle.com> wrote:
> P.S. FTR, I wish we could also remove the per-object monitor from its privileged position, so not all objects are burdened by it, and other forms of lock can be switched into the existing notation on a type-by-type basis. This is obviously a long, long term wish. A starting point is a notion of "this object has no monitor".

Like an instance of a value type?

Paul.

> Probably the keyword cannot be repurposed but would eventually be deprecated. And the Moon will reach Roche limit. 
> 
> – John
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2014, at 2:12 PM, John Rose <john.r.rose at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> I think that we've covered all the angles, and that we can remove it. 
>> 
>> – John
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Paul Sandoz <paul.sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Currently i cannot find any external uses of it.